The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Andre The Giant

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  • @GrungeHQ
    @GrungeHQ  6 лет назад +5905

    What was your favorite thing that Andre did?

    • @qtexasbrumley
      @qtexasbrumley 6 лет назад +353

      Grunge He always seemed to be in a good mood.

    • @Stagetwothroatcancer
      @Stagetwothroatcancer 6 лет назад +220

      he was not 6 foot 11 idiot he was well over 7 feet,idiot!

    • @maxiepattie85
      @maxiepattie85 6 лет назад +140

      Break toilet seats

    • @c0m4g1bb
      @c0m4g1bb 6 лет назад +6

      Grunge TPB

    • @welson186
      @welson186 6 лет назад +67

      Grunge beating hulk hogan for the WWF title

  • @andrewphillips1611
    @andrewphillips1611 6 лет назад +7732

    That broke my heart when they said people would make him cry because of all the bullying :( R.I.P

  • @vlogiclaph8759
    @vlogiclaph8759 4 года назад +4455

    Why would people bully him, they do realize if he had enough, he could just end them

    • @faint9535
      @faint9535 4 года назад +48

      True...

    • @sjn_
      @sjn_ 4 года назад +220

      Because you can never fix stupidity.

    • @Fif0l
      @Fif0l 4 года назад +119

      Because they know he won't do anything to them.
      If they had any reason to think he would retaliate, they would leave him alone.

    • @Fif0l
      @Fif0l 4 года назад +43

      @@sjn_ bullies are not stupid people. They are malicious people.
      Also look at my other comment.

    • @osirus-godofafterlife2329
      @osirus-godofafterlife2329 4 года назад +18

      because they feel threatened
      different scares people...

  • @Idk-to9sf
    @Idk-to9sf 5 лет назад +4007

    Watching such a big man cry must have been heart breaking

  • @yadayada9931
    @yadayada9931 4 года назад +2111

    “I’m not supernatural, I’m myself” -Andre The Giant

    • @ezrastardust3124
      @ezrastardust3124 4 года назад +19

      Words to live by

    • @kirkthecat8685
      @kirkthecat8685 4 года назад +7

      I’m not gonna ruin the 666 likes

    • @amor7886
      @amor7886 3 года назад +2

      its at 832 but i dont feel like liking sorry

    • @rajveerkanojiya2985
      @rajveerkanojiya2985 2 года назад +3

      Yeah man this worlds are one of the greatest words ever spoken

  • @lich.possum
    @lich.possum 5 лет назад +4836

    Poor guy. He was just a gentle giant. He also reminds me of hugo from steet fighter..

    • @spaceduck67221
      @spaceduck67221 5 лет назад +90

      Hugo was based off of him and Alex was based off Hulk Hogan

    • @Tailstraw_xD
      @Tailstraw_xD 5 лет назад +5

      GROW LIKE A POTATO

    • @matthewtrappe5925
      @matthewtrappe5925 5 лет назад +8

      I loved to play *STEET* Fighter

    • @volitionVX
      @volitionVX 5 лет назад +6

      All the travel that pro wrestlers do, all the injuries... Andre's done that. While dealing with acromegaly to boot.
      There's a reason he's so venerated. He is a legend.

    • @AJ-up3ff
      @AJ-up3ff 5 лет назад +8

      I like how your comment starts of sad then starts talking about Street Fighter.

  • @echisan7822
    @echisan7822 4 года назад +1497

    A man who caught everyone eye, but only a few who really saw. Damn

    • @xyzcredits4614
      @xyzcredits4614 4 года назад +6

      Read this comment when he said it

    • @209clicka
      @209clicka 4 года назад

      GIZMOKING6 TT same when he said it I was barely reading it

    • @sj211
      @sj211 4 года назад

      Whoa

    • @qiaramartinez9451
      @qiaramartinez9451 4 года назад +1

      That shit mad me tear up 🥺

  • @greekfreak3362
    @greekfreak3362 4 года назад +3071

    who would bully him
    a he is a beast
    b he is so heartwarming
    c I hate the people who bullied him

    • @doggityy
      @doggityy 4 года назад +43

      and hes over 7 feet tall

    • @comedyboi9268
      @comedyboi9268 4 года назад +26

      greek freak I have litterally no idea who would bully him

    • @exoticzey8062
      @exoticzey8062 4 года назад +9

      Please no one like this comment it’s on 69 likes

    • @aishathyumnu6868
      @aishathyumnu6868 4 года назад +3

      @@exoticzey8062 nope now look it's 96

    • @exoticzey8062
      @exoticzey8062 4 года назад +3

      AISHATH YUMNU noooo

  • @johnsmind
    @johnsmind 3 года назад +169

    He drank because of the pain he had physically and mentally wanting to be a normal because of all the looks. I don't think he's odd. He's beautiful.

    • @Trueromancee
      @Trueromancee 2 года назад +8

      and he had to drink a lot to even gain the effects of alcohol because of his size.

  • @Mallory_Sefcik
    @Mallory_Sefcik 5 лет назад +3001

    😭 I’ll never forget his great performance in Princess Bride

  • @AveRay_
    @AveRay_ 4 года назад +4794

    apparently he had a daughter, whom he put in his will...
    but imagine andre's wife.
    *how did you survive that*

    • @jaim3274
      @jaim3274 4 года назад +147

      Barely

    • @spaceglide
      @spaceglide 4 года назад +694

      she might be the only person to be able to answer the one important question: does size matter?

    • @mats4650
      @mats4650 4 года назад +207

      @@spaceglide yes, if you can't put it in, she can't enjoy it

    • @IyaorIsis
      @IyaorIsis 4 года назад +447

      The guys dead man have some class.

    • @JC-tg1gf
      @JC-tg1gf 4 года назад +154

      tbh the man could have had a pretty normal sized dick, considering he was growing from a genetic disorder

  • @birtycle2042
    @birtycle2042 5 лет назад +2052

    Die by doing what you love-
    By living your life.

    • @horssan6753
      @horssan6753 5 лет назад +8

      Will I die playing fortnite jk btw

    • @Brian-cr1ep
      @Brian-cr1ep 5 лет назад +3

      What life

    • @novato5106
      @novato5106 5 лет назад +3

      @@horssan6753 If you love that, I wont tell you not to lmao

    • @pikachu1372
      @pikachu1372 5 лет назад +6

      I am going to die eating a donut

    • @jamesmcjimsey3497
      @jamesmcjimsey3497 5 лет назад +1

      Birtycle 204 exactly

  • @jovilewis3158
    @jovilewis3158 4 года назад +149

    When you die in 93, and your in video games almost 30 years later after your death.. you know your a legend

  • @jeocalaghan1031
    @jeocalaghan1031 5 лет назад +1633

    Rest in peace legend,never will be forgotten❤️⭐️

  • @STSGuitar16
    @STSGuitar16 6 лет назад +4051

    I would hate to meet the dude brave enough to bully Andre the Giant...

    • @jvadoptante
      @jvadoptante 6 лет назад +36

      Black Jack Mulligan was gutcy enough to punch Andre. But paid for it when Andre pumbled the crap out of him and showed little to No effect from the sucker punch.

    • @STSGuitar16
      @STSGuitar16 6 лет назад +5

      yes nimus i am aware

    • @Evermind_
      @Evermind_ 6 лет назад +76

      Those who bully others are actually the ones who's really a coward

    • @STSGuitar16
      @STSGuitar16 6 лет назад +4

      sorry nimus i misunderstood

    • @Rat-oh5gq
      @Rat-oh5gq 6 лет назад +4

      SStrickland16 you cant meet one he would be in the hospital For 2 months

  • @llysistrata
    @llysistrata 5 лет назад +812

    Although I don’t like wrestling it’s a really heart breaking story, the fact people bullied this man is disgusting...

    • @classicartfoundation639
      @classicartfoundation639 5 лет назад +29

      World's full of bastards

    • @sedmcgee127
      @sedmcgee127 5 лет назад +5

      He can beat their ass

    • @user-wp9mb5yq5e
      @user-wp9mb5yq5e 5 лет назад +11

      @Sniper .308 that's the thing though. He probably never even thought of inflicting violence on the bullies, he probably only thought -why?

    • @4gerars500
      @4gerars500 4 года назад +3

      @Sniper .308 just because hes big doesnt mean hes not nice andre was a very nice man i could almost guarantee

    • @kirohxl6960
      @kirohxl6960 4 года назад

      II Chiara II Hopefully they realize he could probably squish them

  • @MrAns786
    @MrAns786 4 года назад +112

    Big Man with a Big Kind Heart. Died too early and missed by millions around the world.

    • @xfon1234
      @xfon1234 4 года назад

      Really i never knew his name or face until now. Andre the giant will be missed by hundreds of old and dying breed of people 😢😢

  • @StuddedsBurner
    @StuddedsBurner 6 лет назад +582

    The fact that this guy got bullied knowing he could flatten anybody just shows he needed to be treated like any other human. RIP Andre the Giant

    • @xeorge
      @xeorge 6 лет назад +12

      That also proves that he was very kind

    • @stephenterese3021
      @stephenterese3021 5 лет назад +5

      And it shows how Fukin stupid people are

    • @justbeconfidentbro5816
      @justbeconfidentbro5816 5 лет назад

      If this guy wad 4ft11 he would be bullied the fuck out of. He would get punked out at bars. Still better than being a midget.

    • @stevieturner6091
      @stevieturner6091 4 года назад +1

      I saw him everytime he was within 100 miles,was the nicest man alive,I pass his home when I go to the beach,I wish I would have stopped when I was a teen and asked for a job,I also have a farm,cows,etc.if anyone made it to heaven he did! RIP my hero as a kid

  • @barbarik1942
    @barbarik1942 4 года назад +921

    Glad he never joined gym. I can't imagine him as a muscle monster.

    • @Unknown-ml4nt
      @Unknown-ml4nt 4 года назад +1

      Ik

    • @thomaswolf607
      @thomaswolf607 4 года назад +5

      Matteo ok boomer

    • @bigbagzay9188
      @bigbagzay9188 4 года назад +7

      That's death if he hits u

    • @DaukszPSN
      @DaukszPSN 4 года назад +3

      @Matteo better off doing strongman than pl

    • @DaukszPSN
      @DaukszPSN 4 года назад

      @Matteo relative strength is easier when youre short and absolute strength is easier if youre taller

  • @combedpubes
    @combedpubes 6 лет назад +965

    R.I.P. What a legend he was

    • @combedpubes
      @combedpubes 6 лет назад +4

      Is I mean to say, he still is a legend!

    • @cainman5807
      @cainman5807 6 лет назад +5

      He always will

    • @doritosyt9126
      @doritosyt9126 6 лет назад +1

      When he died?

    • @814Tay4
      @814Tay4 6 лет назад

      That's why they made Andre the giant battle royal

    • @ionutsandu2181
      @ionutsandu2181 6 лет назад

      R.I.P Andre the giant

  • @bugballs2211
    @bugballs2211 4 года назад +591

    Why would you bully this guy
    His finger is probably bigger than the bullys biceps

    • @nutpeg6915
      @nutpeg6915 4 года назад +13

      His toe is bigger than their entire body

    • @cipciherif3560
      @cipciherif3560 4 года назад +1

      True

    • @nixon7261
      @nixon7261 4 года назад +11

      @@youser1 they dont have any cuz they are pussy's

    • @pjmichael6194
      @pjmichael6194 4 года назад +5

      How can you bully someone who 3x stronger than you?

    • @عبدالله-ب5ج7ر
      @عبدالله-ب5ج7ر 4 года назад +1

      @@pjmichael6194 hes still a human I guess they can gang on him

  • @tyreeserobinson8766
    @tyreeserobinson8766 5 лет назад +700

    I don't know who the HELL would bully him without fearing for their lives.

    • @prabhsimran4726
      @prabhsimran4726 5 лет назад +1

      Hi hee

    • @roberthorton6619
      @roberthorton6619 4 года назад

      That old ticker the heart can't take to much weight

    • @roberthorton6619
      @roberthorton6619 4 года назад

      @Fated Circles he look seven feet to me 500to much weight for the ticker

    • @erichquinones598
      @erichquinones598 4 года назад +1

      Probably didn't want to go to jail. You can't beat people up and get away with it. Especially if you're famous.

    • @IyaorIsis
      @IyaorIsis 4 года назад +2

      The people on the other side on the computer.

  • @BeanGangTingle
    @BeanGangTingle 6 лет назад +1459

    My favourite thing he did was princess bride

    • @alixer2890
      @alixer2890 6 лет назад +55

      I see your pfp in my dreams

    • @abeekuampah2419
      @abeekuampah2419 6 лет назад +7

      you too? I heard lots of people see it from one RUclips channel

    • @heisenberg8725
      @heisenberg8725 6 лет назад +8

      CHANGE UR PFP

    • @BeanGangTingle
      @BeanGangTingle 6 лет назад +6

      lll lll what is wrong with it I don't understand why everyone is scared of it

    • @nathanaelbeck2136
      @nathanaelbeck2136 6 лет назад +1

      lol i love it

  • @xshine132
    @xshine132 6 лет назад +411

    2:24 How is he the perfect Target for bullying, I would not want to bully that guy

    • @Helicopter-guy
      @Helicopter-guy 6 лет назад +64

      king plays it was probably due to his gentle nature that people thought he wouldn't attack them

    • @Swankydopeshow
      @Swankydopeshow 5 лет назад +1

      Exactly, I got a pal that's 6,7 and people pick on him. Hes got physique as well

    • @valid7882
      @valid7882 5 лет назад

      Damn

    • @aayrus7982
      @aayrus7982 5 лет назад

      x shine oh yeahyeah

    • @NeedForSpeed.2004
      @NeedForSpeed.2004 5 лет назад

      IKR? You’d think if u bullied a giant, he’d throw u across the world.

  • @Yoda_Wiz
    @Yoda_Wiz 3 года назад +122

    Doc says he'll die by age 40, then the man lives 6 more years. What a legend.

    • @DiamondsAreForeverLOLcheeseBUR
      @DiamondsAreForeverLOLcheeseBUR 3 года назад +5

      so the doctor was slightly off

    • @tiktokcancerous9974
      @tiktokcancerous9974 2 года назад +3

      I'm 6'9 ,350lb and stay on my farm in canada. A normal beer can disappear in my hand too. Ppl are terrified of me so I dont go to cities no more

    • @BB-fo5mr
      @BB-fo5mr 9 месяцев назад

      Said he “could die” by 40. Not “would” die by 40.
      You were just looking to make some catchy comment, self righteously. Way to go

  • @universall8731
    @universall8731 6 лет назад +1316

    He was more Human than most Normal Looking people, but then again.. What is Normal?

    • @jimboramba
      @jimboramba 6 лет назад +54

      Universall Normal is whatever is most common. What qualifies as normal depends on time and place.

    • @Emperor.Penguin.
      @Emperor.Penguin. 6 лет назад

      he was also a racist

    • @guestkid9976
      @guestkid9976 6 лет назад +5

      Tamerlane how so?

    • @existinguser7788
      @existinguser7788 6 лет назад

      Universall normal is a sense of what we call normality so we decide what is normal.

    • @jpsholland
      @jpsholland 6 лет назад +5

      Tamerlane: proof or it dd not happen. Pathetic troll.

  • @iknowicanbewhatiwannabe9348
    @iknowicanbewhatiwannabe9348 5 лет назад +755

    I never heard of him... but it was great knowing about him 😭😊🙂

    • @RyanBrenner52906
      @RyanBrenner52906 5 лет назад +18

      Oh come on you’ve never seen Princess Bride??

    • @iknowicanbewhatiwannabe9348
      @iknowicanbewhatiwannabe9348 5 лет назад +14

      Mr. Manman nope I mean like I was born 2002

    • @RyanBrenner52906
      @RyanBrenner52906 5 лет назад +14

      But still it’s a classic! You should watch it

    • @rua867
      @rua867 5 лет назад

      Same

    • @mommymilkers3338
      @mommymilkers3338 5 лет назад +3

      I KNOW I CAN Be what I wanna be lol I was born in 2005 and everyone my age has seen it 😂 tbh u still have time to watch it and I’m sure you would love it!

  • @harshalshetty9865
    @harshalshetty9865 6 лет назад +1431

    He could’ve played thanos

    • @spiderflame04
      @spiderflame04 6 лет назад +155

      He was too gentle a character to play the Mad Titan.

    • @monggolloyd8363
      @monggolloyd8363 6 лет назад +42

      Thanos wasn't that mad in accordance to his goal.

    • @westonwheeler2311
      @westonwheeler2311 6 лет назад +8

      Monggo Lord His goal was to rule the universe and have everyone obey him. How is that not insane?

    • @Jizzle37
      @Jizzle37 6 лет назад +54

      Weast 11 his goal was to “bring balance”

    • @monggolloyd8363
      @monggolloyd8363 6 лет назад +28

      Weast 11 In the end of Infinity War he didn't even rule, he just disappeared and fuckin retired in a small hut.

  • @57clc
    @57clc 3 года назад +30

    I watched Andre wrestle in Cincinnati Ohio in 1981. He was still healthy and in good shape. What fans saw in his later years after his disease ravaged his body was a man who could barely walk. What I saw in '81 was frightening. Seeing a man that large move around the ring with the speed of a 200 lbs. man sticks with me to this day. Thankfully, for his fellow wrestlers for sure, Andre truly was, a gentle giant.

  • @noahevans423
    @noahevans423 6 лет назад +200

    I wouldn't call his story tragic. I would call it beautiful. He lived a magnificent life, and had one of the coolest roles in one of the greatest movies of all time.

    • @robertlongwill8856
      @robertlongwill8856 6 лет назад +10

      He was living in extreme pain he died very young at the age of 46 I would not call that a good life especially when he was bullied. I'm not a wrestling fan but maybe was in one of my favorite all-time movies The Princess Bride

    • @robertlongwill8856
      @robertlongwill8856 6 лет назад +1

      @Osrs Osrs that's all well and good he didn't have a good life but you know he did live through a lot of pain he was just good in Princess Bride

    • @Popo-oy3by
      @Popo-oy3by 6 лет назад

      @Osrs Osrs he reminds me a lot Albert Einstein

  • @dhoffman4994
    @dhoffman4994 6 лет назад +288

    R.I.P. Andre!!!!
    We’ll miss you!!!

    • @peytoonald4193
      @peytoonald4193 5 лет назад +6

      D Hoffman This is the only mature and respectful comment, so thank you and R.I.P. Andre

    • @kenarco3765
      @kenarco3765 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah, He should not have been stubborn back then, and took that surgery he would have been here today and lived, taught other wrestlers and maybe even work with the Undertaker

    • @kenarco3765
      @kenarco3765 3 года назад

      @Damjan Aleksovski That would have been great to see them work together, but never happened

  • @oldenweery7510
    @oldenweery7510 6 лет назад +1306

    Andre also developed diabetes, due to a tumor. He was hired to play a Bigfoot Creature in a Grade B movie, "The Capture of Bigfoot," made by a small Wisconsin studio. They'd had a shaggy costume made to fit him, not an easy job, and everybody on the shoot enjoyed his company, but he wasn't careful about his diet and overdid it with food and drink dangerous to diabetics and was hospitalized. Everyone involved was greatly worried about him and when he couldn't continue, they had to go on without him. The writer/director spoke of him often and was a great fan of TPB, along with the rest of us. That movie wouldn't have been nearly as good without Fezzik. Repose en paix, notre ami.

    • @marcsarfati3291
      @marcsarfati3291 6 лет назад +6

      he also played BigFoot of the show Six million dollar man.

    • @oldenweery7510
      @oldenweery7510 6 лет назад +1

      Was that the one where the Bigfoot's arm was torn off, so he tucked it under his other arm and hot-footed it out of there? I wonder if that's on RUclips, 'cuz I'd like to see it again, knowing it was Andre. I've always wondered if "The Capture of Bigfoot" would've been a better movie if Andre had played the creature. His size probably would've looked looked much more impressive than the substitute. I've always thought Andre and Mandy Patinkin stole "The Princess Bride"---though Cary Elwes was no slouch in the sword-fighting scene.

    • @oldenweery7510
      @oldenweery7510 6 лет назад +2

      *P.S.* Yes, Andre's fans can find clips, and even the full episode, of that on RUclips---and I just realized one of the reasons why the "The *Six-Dollar Man,"* as one of the kids called it, was so hokey: everything that moved through the air, from a ball of wadded up paper to a Sasquatch, whistled like falling ordnance. (But we watched it anyway, didn't we?) And I think I'm right, Andre's size would've made Bigfoot a lot more impressive.

    • @stoneyboycurtis6887
      @stoneyboycurtis6887 6 лет назад +1

      TPB without Fezzik!? That would be Inconceivable!! 😃

    • @oldenweery7510
      @oldenweery7510 6 лет назад +1

      Good one, Mr. Stoic! You just prompted me to watch it again this weekend. I think other studios, directors, producers, etc., should watch this movie once in a while to see how it should be done!

  • @dimizoe777
    @dimizoe777 4 года назад +69

    It's crazy that he didn't want any help to live longer. That shows you how much pain he wss enduring

    • @hvafaenskaljeghete1800
      @hvafaenskaljeghete1800 3 года назад +1

      Alcohol and refusing help to make him live longer is what killed him

    • @commie3393
      @commie3393 3 года назад

      @@hvafaenskaljeghete1800 his body was becomin larger and more pain was comin to his body plus if he still lived he would be crying out of the pain in his wheelchair RIP andre the giant

  • @lukezuzga6460
    @lukezuzga6460 6 лет назад +803

    Loved Andre, part of my childhood. Hulk Hogan beat him however, much to my dismay.

    • @budlorry8937
      @budlorry8937 6 лет назад +179

      You know wrestling is all fake......right ?

    • @SimonRancourt
      @SimonRancourt 6 лет назад +12

      André let him Win.

    • @lukezuzga6460
      @lukezuzga6460 6 лет назад +4

      Yes it is fake but does everyone know that Hogan was going around pre fight asking McMane and anyone who matters, "Andre knows he is post to let me win right?" Still love Andre, stopped watching wrestling after the Hogan match.

    • @superlex611
      @superlex611 6 лет назад +3

      Luke Zuzga but they can't pack 93 thousand in to the Silverdome, to have Andre beat the shit out of Hogan, and Hogan was the underdog in the main event as champion

    • @lukezuzga6460
      @lukezuzga6460 6 лет назад +3

      alex kanyima rt on, not no more. Wrestling is not even close to what it use to be.

  • @SimonRancourt
    @SimonRancourt 6 лет назад +180

    M'y wife met him when she was 8 years old. Her dad was à cameraman un the taping of wrestling shows in Montréal. He was REALY a nice guy.

    • @michaelrubin8091
      @michaelrubin8091 6 лет назад

      Simon Rancourt he wasnt always a nice guy ask around

    • @dr.ligmahnutts2993
      @dr.ligmahnutts2993 6 лет назад +32

      dont be that guy michael

    • @bumpty1997
      @bumpty1997 6 лет назад

      1 UP lol Michael

    • @w0ng659
      @w0ng659 6 лет назад

      Michael Rubin Proof?

    • @user-jg78
      @user-jg78 6 лет назад

      NO THAT’S WONG! But of course, there always has to be the "proof" bullshit to prove something.

  • @michaelh4227
    @michaelh4227 4 года назад +280

    "Made him a perfect target for bullying."
    Yeah cause bullying a large man with the power to lift trees is a good idea.

    • @SteveOnlin
      @SteveOnlin 4 года назад +15

      If he hurts them people will hate him

    • @tafsibhuiyan8730
      @tafsibhuiyan8730 3 года назад +1

      @@SteveOnlin it’s a joke lol

  • @samanawayadatta891
    @samanawayadatta891 5 лет назад +50

    dude was a kind dude. I felt sad when I heard he cried when he was bullied. Only because you are big, doesn't mean you are strong.

    • @Srxrce
      @Srxrce 4 года назад

      @Theo1 gee pretty late to reply breh

    • @annalisawinsthis
      @annalisawinsthis 11 месяцев назад

      The fact that he didn't bite back when being bullied showed he was big AND STRONG. It's not weak to refrain from violence and it wasn't strength that the people picking on him showed. If they had any inkling that Andre would've even flicked their foreheads, they would've ran tails tucked. They knew Andre wouldn't risk getting in trouble for standing up for himself. I'm not a giant, but I'm thick and very strong for a woman. Anybody that knows me, knows about my weird strength. My people just tend to have sort of super human strength. My dad stopped a station wagon from driving away from him by picking up the rear end and keepig the wheels off the ground. Anyway, I have had that experience of being bullied by idiots and having to refrain from retaliating. Because I know if I let myself snap, it'll do terrible damage and bullies aren't worth catching charges or jail time for. It is difficult to exhibit self control in those circumstances but it's not weakness. The times that I have come the closest to snapping, was when somebody was bullying my kids.

  • @henrichvonruben9114
    @henrichvonruben9114 6 лет назад +427

    I remember hearing that a car full of teens called him a giant mistake or something, he proceeded to flip the car with them in it.

    • @guicaldo7164
      @guicaldo7164 5 лет назад +110

      Doesn't seem like the type of thing he would do according to how his personality is described here.

    • @michaelpara4571
      @michaelpara4571 5 лет назад +177

      I think Jake the snake told this story on joe rogan. They were at a restaurant and this group of assholes were throwing empty beer cans at the back of his head and making jokes. After the third can, Andre got up and the guys also got up and ran. Andre chased them outside where he flipped their car with them inside before they could escape. Best part was the cops showed up and arrested the other guys for messing with andre

    • @boatymcboatface3896
      @boatymcboatface3896 5 лет назад +7

      Michael Para literally just watched the podcast now shame really no one likes bully’s funny story about the 48 beers I 85 minutes not taking one piss haha

    • @mohamadyounis5106
      @mohamadyounis5106 5 лет назад

      @@guicaldo7164 yea it doesn't but thats what i wish happened

    • @region7rra881
      @region7rra881 5 лет назад +1

      r/thathappened

  • @Itsme333t
    @Itsme333t 5 лет назад +600

    he must’ve been the kindest man. he was also a taurus.

    • @joysmith6548
      @joysmith6548 5 лет назад +3

      Mez wasn’t he born in january

    • @riskbabyk
      @riskbabyk 5 лет назад +54

      Why does the zodiac matter to people 😭

    • @couldbesierra
      @couldbesierra 5 лет назад +5

      @@riskbabyk what's wrong with that

    • @finlayhunt54
      @finlayhunt54 5 лет назад +46

      @@couldbesierra bc people that care about zodiac signs are petty and really fuckin annoying

    • @KnobleSloth
      @KnobleSloth 5 лет назад +25

      Fuck outta here with that zodiac bullshit

  • @jybrdls3647
    @jybrdls3647 3 года назад +19

    His documentary on HBO made me shed a couple tears, when he speaks and the stuff you hear, they say it many time in the doc but he literally was a gentle giant. Like it’s crazy how articulate he was considering his growth

  • @valrod5792
    @valrod5792 6 лет назад +217

    It's sad that Andre is most famous in the rest of the world and not in my country (France)

    • @asr1143
      @asr1143 6 лет назад +20

      wwe have no fans in europe, that's why.

    • @stewartsaurus5796
      @stewartsaurus5796 6 лет назад +2

      If it makes you feel any better, depending on your music tastes France has tons of great producers.

    • @zachpeters8637
      @zachpeters8637 6 лет назад

      ValRod 57 Do you know Andre the giant?

    • @tionnestar
      @tionnestar 6 лет назад +1

      asr 01 wwe has fans in the uk

    • @curlyfries2318
      @curlyfries2318 6 лет назад

      Here in belgium no one knows him 2 m8

  • @e.a.s3638
    @e.a.s3638 5 лет назад +103

    Though it was hard to see over the giant or see how tall he was. It was always easy to see through him into his big red heart.

  • @undertaker666dead
    @undertaker666dead 6 лет назад +277

    R.I.P Andre The Giant

  • @Xingaos
    @Xingaos 4 года назад +48

    He looks like such a nice guy, I would have offered him a hand shake and if he was okay with it a hug. Rest in peace gentle soul.

    • @enssorceler4754
      @enssorceler4754 3 года назад

      He has too be very careful too hug normal size guys like us. He could crush us with ease unless your a big guy 6'4 plus.

  • @lemon._.8649
    @lemon._.8649 5 лет назад +208

    “...it seemed *inconceivable* that he wasn’t already...”
    Me: I see what ya did there

  • @KDBBM
    @KDBBM 4 года назад +218

    Big man, big plans

  • @usmaniqbal9207
    @usmaniqbal9207 6 лет назад +82

    RIP Andre The Giant You Will Be Missed ;(

  • @metalheart16
    @metalheart16 4 года назад +67

    Andre was a friend of my father in law, and would visit his family when in the area. My husband has fond memories of sitting on his huge knee as a child while the grownups played cards. He describes Andre the Giant as the nicest, gentlest, most social person ever, and looked up to him in much more than just a physical way. :-)
    Rest in peace.

  • @DTSsince2016
    @DTSsince2016 6 лет назад +1308

    Fezek from The Princess Bride!

    • @candice_ecidnac
      @candice_ecidnac 6 лет назад +3

      Fezzik* but yes, everyone knows he was Fezzik, and it's mentioned in the video for those who don't

    • @DTSsince2016
      @DTSsince2016 6 лет назад

      Candice ecidnaC YEE

    • @DTSsince2016
      @DTSsince2016 6 лет назад +6

      MsRainbow Brite No more rhymes now, I mean it!

    • @DTSsince2016
      @DTSsince2016 6 лет назад +4

      MsRainbow Brite I don't even exercise

    • @starrieyedGirl
      @starrieyedGirl 6 лет назад

      Death THunder Studios That was the way Andre wanted it

  • @DevilsChild222
    @DevilsChild222 6 лет назад +62

    already know all this. heard it thousands of times but i still felt i owed it to Andre to sit and honour his memory once more.

  • @nonstoppugly
    @nonstoppugly 5 лет назад +49

    He’s one of the coolest guys I know.
    I remember him most from The Princess Bride.

  • @1966Roxie
    @1966Roxie 4 года назад +37

    My dad knew him, he said that Andre was the nicest guy you could ever know but a big pushover

  • @braulioortiz6571
    @braulioortiz6571 5 лет назад +646

    This guy could end thanos in two seconds

    • @brandondman7128
      @brandondman7128 5 лет назад +5

      Braulio Ortiz Moto moto could beat him

    • @airless7005
      @airless7005 5 лет назад +32

      @@brandondman7128 you think some fat ass hippo could beat Andre? smh

    • @justbeconfidentbro5816
      @justbeconfidentbro5816 5 лет назад +6

      Bro thanos is 8 feet tall. He would make this giant look like a midget.

    • @IrisStellaGrace09
      @IrisStellaGrace09 5 лет назад +4

      Braulio Ortiz
      Will you shut the fuck up with the Thanos jokes? They are not that funny.

    • @curtisaxel6280
      @curtisaxel6280 5 лет назад +9

      @@justbeconfidentbro5816 don't compare a kids movie with real life

  • @Digital_Onslaught
    @Digital_Onslaught 4 года назад +44

    He lived as a legend and die as a legend a hero a friend.

  • @nicoladunn1736
    @nicoladunn1736 6 лет назад +56

    My gransdon is 6ft 7 and he finds everything difficult, he mainly has bad back problems but still does everything he can for everyone. Never judge a book by its cover!

  • @felixdeubler1180
    @felixdeubler1180 3 года назад +22

    "I'm not supernatural, I'm just myself"
    U gotta love that

  • @CrimsonCreationAGM
    @CrimsonCreationAGM 5 лет назад +51

    Today (may 19th) is what would have been his 73rd birthday if he was still alive
    RIP Andre 😭

  • @nerdygirlcosplay2430
    @nerdygirlcosplay2430 5 лет назад +80

    What they didn't mention during the princess bride segment was that he was in so much pain he couldn't actually do any of the acts like lifting the other actors in his scenes-
    It's really sad, R.I.P Andre

  • @uno1014
    @uno1014 4 года назад +309

    “By every measure, Andre The Giant was a whole lot of man” 😳😳😳

  • @ProjectFlashlight612
    @ProjectFlashlight612 3 года назад +13

    Andre's final years, with all the pain he endured due to his medical condition, are truly heartbreaking. His own body destroyed him.

  • @cheapskateproductreviews1877
    @cheapskateproductreviews1877 6 лет назад +46

    So many gentle giants. I must have been tough living his life. If only....
    A buddy of mine is 6'9" tall. He's also one of those guys who is a gentle giant. I guess at that size, it's either be gentle or scare everyone off. But in André's case, my heart goes out to him.

  • @garkillack-7265
    @garkillack-7265 5 лет назад +45

    Honestly deserves more respect and more recognition. He should be pretty close up there with Steve Irwin and bob Ross

    • @Tech-cy9yo
      @Tech-cy9yo 5 лет назад +1

      He’s kinda is.... but he’s really big in the wrestling community

  • @TheMatthiasRiots
    @TheMatthiasRiots 6 лет назад +293

    He could have lived much longer if he took care of his health. He had horrible eating and drinking habits. I’m sure he was in pain being that big but he did nothing to help his life.

    • @TheMatthiasRiots
      @TheMatthiasRiots 6 лет назад +38

      Hl A means nothing! He became a superstar wrestler and an actor, he could have changed his habits at anytime but he didn’t. He was an idol to millions don’t wanna hear how he was bullied. He was an amazing human being but didn’t care about his own health plan and simple.

    • @TheMatthiasRiots
      @TheMatthiasRiots 6 лет назад +5

      Hl A Nor do you Pumpkin so zip it. Actually drinking a beer or two or 106

    • @superlex611
      @superlex611 6 лет назад

      CB W it depends on the body type

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 6 лет назад +5

      Jeez, if I had his medical issues, I don't think I'd want to live all that long, either.

    • @JEvans-wy9ln
      @JEvans-wy9ln 6 лет назад

      Hl A thats the same lame ass excuses the fat acceptance movement makes.

  • @joeyabbazia6425
    @joeyabbazia6425 4 года назад +40

    My dad and Andre grew up together. He came to my parents wedding and my dad and him would hang out some times. My dad told me one of the stories he had with Andre was that he drank 10 12 packs of bud light and 3 full glasses of wine and nothing would happen. Not even tipsy. I have more stories. Like some from my parents wedding. Funny enough, my dad is good friends with Shane McMahon. I’ll tell more stories is people ask.

  • @gregtheone975
    @gregtheone975 6 лет назад +65

    Anything over 6 foot 8 inches is considered a giant so even if Andre is at 6 ft 11 in he is still a giant. One of the most kind friendly people there ever was I haven't heard one person say anything bad about Andre Vince make a man hurt him. He made him wrestle Hulk Hogan with back problems which probably led to his death sooner than later tragedy

    • @Earth517Phoenix
      @Earth517Phoenix 6 лет назад +1

      Greg G umm..how about anyone taller than 6’3 is a titan..watered down from the original giants..cuz the AVERAGE human height is like 5’9 I think nonetheless man wasn’t born to be tall..MAN..

    • @breannedixon9712
      @breannedixon9712 5 лет назад

      Omg imagine him next to Simone Biles.

    • @natenowak2227
      @natenowak2227 5 лет назад

      6'8 isnt a giant dude, 7 foot is the cutoff.

  • @Zeldarw104
    @Zeldarw104 6 лет назад +183

    we love Andre the Giant!😊 💞💓❤❤👈

  • @fictionaldownfall422
    @fictionaldownfall422 6 лет назад +21

    " a man who caught everyone's eye, but who few people really saw" 😭😭

  • @420gaiden
    @420gaiden 4 года назад +12

    A true kind heart amongst the evils that surrounded him. I wish I could’ve of met him. You will always be remembered Andre.

  • @kelechukwuoparaji3153
    @kelechukwuoparaji3153 6 лет назад +14

    Rip Andre,I grew up watching you as a wrestler,I still remembered the fight you had with hulk Hogan.You left a mark & made history

  • @bf3forevergreene165
    @bf3forevergreene165 5 лет назад +28

    A man who caught everyone’s eye but few people really saw, wow that’s powerful!!

  • @Faust_ZA
    @Faust_ZA 4 года назад +48

    This is sad i only knew him through wwe games growing up

  • @georgesalgado8783
    @georgesalgado8783 4 года назад +7

    3:15 the way he said "yes" was so gentle it makes me sad Andre is no longer with us. He was just a mountain of kindness with a giant heart. RIP Andre. You are so missed.

  • @BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n
    @BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n 6 лет назад +1206

    Thanos in Real Life

    • @jaluek
      @jaluek 5 лет назад +20

      Shaggy could still use 2% of his power and destroy him

    • @saggywartragnageatmunchche24
      @saggywartragnageatmunchche24 5 лет назад +2

      Shaggy only needs 0.1% of his power

    • @stopcrying6576
      @stopcrying6576 5 лет назад +5

      D3cRYPTEd Animations i was about to arest that guy but you saved him because every one knows that he didn't even use 0.5% of his power

    • @milliesmith8084
      @milliesmith8084 5 лет назад +2

      Aditya Waghmare PAINT HIM PURPLE JKKSKSKJSKSK

    • @seyhk7777
      @seyhk7777 5 лет назад +14

      D3cRYPTEd Animations holy shit there’s still retards thinking that the shaggy meme is funny

  • @kasino4960
    @kasino4960 5 лет назад +17

    Hearing that “the giant gentle heart stop beating” really got me RIP to this man what a legend🙏🏼

  • @gkh1973
    @gkh1973 5 лет назад +32

    This man is a legend. He may seem like a scary dude but he’s a nice dude.

  • @DegnaDings
    @DegnaDings 3 года назад +8

    Andre was suffering so much. Yet he didn’t stop wrestling. When it came time for the hogan fight at wrestlmania 3, he could hardly move. But he went out to compete anyway. This man was trapped in his own body. But he STILL fought. This truly does show you, just how strong Andre was.

    • @DegnaDings
      @DegnaDings 2 года назад +1

      @@paws_offury ikr? Not only that, but his schedule consisted of traveling almost constantly. Probably in uncomfortableness considering his size

  • @voidrift1508
    @voidrift1508 5 лет назад +420

    He likes them big, he likes them chunky
    No but all jokes aside RIP

    • @HP43677
      @HP43677 5 лет назад +1

      Moot moto

    • @couldbesierra
      @couldbesierra 5 лет назад +5

      I'm glad you said RIP at the end. I have seen some rude jokes and they didn't even say sorry or rip

    • @Tech-cy9yo
      @Tech-cy9yo 5 лет назад +2

      @@couldbesierra you seem like the type of person to get offended easily

    • @tundra111
      @tundra111 4 года назад +2

      GameTechツ cmon man you know what they are coming from

    • @wassupi645
      @wassupi645 4 года назад

      And that’s enough internet for one day...

  • @catyear75
    @catyear75 6 лет назад +72

    The tallest that Andre was officially measured at was 7' and one half inch .... I saw him wrestle in NYC on several occasions , and met him after a card at a local high school when I was around 11 or 12. His incredible height was one thing, his sheer mass was another ! He was very friendly and gracious at that time. RIP Andre

  • @hasheetmapants4126
    @hasheetmapants4126 6 лет назад +142

    117 beers!?!?!? the only thing bigger than him was his hangover

    • @dylanharding5720
      @dylanharding5720 6 лет назад +3

      Hasheet Mapants do you know how to prevent hangovers? Drink lots of water.

    • @westonwheeler2311
      @westonwheeler2311 6 лет назад

      UselessDood or eat asparagus

    • @EllisHudsonn
      @EllisHudsonn 6 лет назад +9

      UselessDood or just don't drink

    • @spyox2215
      @spyox2215 6 лет назад +1

      UselessDood doesn't work for me

    • @fidelproductions03
      @fidelproductions03 6 лет назад +4

      8 Bit Gamer doesn't work for me

  • @Lethonomi4
    @Lethonomi4 4 года назад +16

    This was truly an amazing tribute. Kudos to all involved in this.

  • @RightBehindYou97
    @RightBehindYou97 6 лет назад +24

    This is what I call a strong man, not those kids today at the gym that take roids.

  • @xxflyinclutzxx3283
    @xxflyinclutzxx3283 5 лет назад +95

    Grunge: What was your favorite thing he did?
    Me: Exist

  • @sparkimoto
    @sparkimoto 6 лет назад +66

    I have often wondered what kind of records he could have set, had he gotten in to Olympic lifting, power lifting, or competed in the 'strong man' competitions.

    • @Tom-bi3vn
      @Tom-bi3vn 6 лет назад +6

      sparkimoto I definitely agree with you bro his lifts could have been insane. But if he did end up lifting weights his bones would have thickened and strengthen much faster and accelerated his condition.

    • @A1M8E7
      @A1M8E7 6 лет назад +2

      No way he’d win worlds strongest man. His body wouldn’t be able to handle it, and keep in mind that those athletes also take growth hormone and a magnitude of other enhancing drugs, but in less damaging ways than Andre produces it. There is a lot more to strength than size

    • @Only.Gameplay
      @Only.Gameplay 6 лет назад

      I was thinking that same... He could have given us so much more... He came too soon and left too early

  • @robertbrown5319
    @robertbrown5319 3 года назад +6

    Andre's life was far from a tragedy. Its not how long you live that matters, its what you do while you're here. Andre was a legendary worldwide superstar.

  • @tariqabusaleem
    @tariqabusaleem 5 лет назад +643

    4:19 wait.. is that trump in the middle?

    • @aylinx3750
      @aylinx3750 5 лет назад +38

      yup

    • @Korii.Lee21
      @Korii.Lee21 5 лет назад +172

      Yeah, when he wasn’t as much of a dickhead.

    • @themilkman6765
      @themilkman6765 5 лет назад +156

      Kori Lee he’s still not one

    • @redcreepersstudios8850
      @redcreepersstudios8850 5 лет назад +75

      Yonkzy what did the family do

    • @redcreepersstudios8850
      @redcreepersstudios8850 5 лет назад +65

      Yonkzy it’s his family do you think it’s easy for his son to disagree with his father? Anyway it’s none of the sons fault that he got involved in politics same with Melania Trump

  • @dallascowboysfanjdg5019
    @dallascowboysfanjdg5019 5 лет назад +7

    straight up THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME period !! HE WILL BE FOREVER MISSED
    I USE TO WATCH WRESTLING IN HOPKES OF SEEING ANDREON!WHEN HE WASN'T I WAS MAD!NOONE WILL EVER REPLACE HIM HE MADE WRESTLING !!! R I P ANDRE!!

  • @lunamoona649
    @lunamoona649 5 лет назад +6

    I love how he is a gentle giant and loved all of his fans. Rip andre, Doing wrestling matches and making angels laugh and happy in heaven

  • @alannapiorkowski1133
    @alannapiorkowski1133 4 года назад +17

    I meet him in france. Thats a real Honor for me

  • @rozzie101
    @rozzie101 6 лет назад +19

    i was lucky to see Andre at a WWF/E house show in Vancouver BC (Canada), he was huge. And it was when he was a heel, so he didn't smile or engage with the crowd.

  • @99999myk
    @99999myk 5 лет назад +29

    I had no idea who he was when he came into a bar where I worked. I couldn't believe the size of the guy.

  • @jan-seli
    @jan-seli 6 лет назад +194

    Just 6'11? That seems hard to believe.

    • @tomtanaka841
      @tomtanaka841 6 лет назад +6

      He was never ever near 7'4 or 7'5. _FACTS_

    • @PalashaGabarra
      @PalashaGabarra 6 лет назад +3

      Liberty Prime How did he shrink 6 whole inches? Seems hard to believe.

    • @fourtwenty1813
      @fourtwenty1813 6 лет назад +7

      Dirk Diggler hulk hogan is 6'7. Based on the pictures of them together there is no way andre is taller than 7'1

    • @Jr-cc1hk
      @Jr-cc1hk 6 лет назад +2

      Hush if you see him next to wilt chamberlain who was 7’2, it’s very believable he is at least the same if not taller

    • @fourtwenty1813
      @fourtwenty1813 6 лет назад +1

      JR _Dunn my guy wilt wasn't 7'2. He was 7', maybe 7'1

  • @brisarodriguez4668
    @brisarodriguez4668 3 года назад +3

    I'm learning about acromegaly for my final exam tomorrow, and I see this, now I'm crying my eyes out bc he seems like such a kind man and the world was cruel to him. May your kind soul Rest in peace

  • @johndough3338
    @johndough3338 6 лет назад +246

    Who tf bullied him ? 😂😂

    • @diorrr9437
      @diorrr9437 5 лет назад +1

      Noémie D FACTS

    • @InsiderKnowladge
      @InsiderKnowladge 5 лет назад +14

      I wouldn’t take the risk of getting bent like craby paddy

    • @owskeespracka-docious2396
      @owskeespracka-docious2396 5 лет назад

      me

    • @SlapshotStudios
      @SlapshotStudios 5 лет назад +1

      John Dough I’m wondering who has the balls to go up to a giant and pick on him

    • @5T0N3
      @5T0N3 5 лет назад +5

      @@SlapshotStudios It was more than likely verbal, and from a good distance from Andre lol. There's no way someone would try and get close to physically pick on him.

  • @anson3383
    @anson3383 6 лет назад +57

    Rest in peace Andre, you will be missed.

  • @evahewitt1679
    @evahewitt1679 5 лет назад +34

    Andre was soooooo cute in the princess bride!

  • @anon4029
    @anon4029 4 года назад +5

    We will always remember you Andre The Giant.
    R.I.P 🥺🥺🥺

  • @carronfowler1501
    @carronfowler1501 5 лет назад +4

    This man is a legend. He is my childhood memory, and for some reason i used to quote him in princess bride a lot! He died before i was born but i loved him anyway.

  • @allegraclaire153
    @allegraclaire153 5 лет назад +23

    I crying when you said that he died and cried even more when you said that no place wanted to cremate him😭

    • @ToxiicShroomz
      @ToxiicShroomz 5 лет назад +10

      It’s not that they didn’t want to cremate him, it’s that they COULDN’T cremate him. The dude was an absolute unit. He couldn’t fit in the furnaces that they burn the bodies in.

  • @sketchygetchey8299
    @sketchygetchey8299 5 лет назад +15

    People are talking about remaking the Princess Bride. People, there’s never gonna be a giant to fit Andre’s roll, even if he had the same body structure as him.

  • @DegnaDings
    @DegnaDings 3 года назад +5

    5:00 that picture is beautiful. Andre got what he deserved. The championship. He did it.